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The Fair Work Commission has released its annual wage review decision, which will see a 3.3% increase in the National Minimum Wage and modern award rates from 1 July 2017. Australians being paid the National Minimum Wage (NMW
The Fair Work Ombudsman has successfully prosecuted an accounting firm for its role in a client’s breach of workplace laws It is well known that Australia’s workplace watchdog, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO), prosecutes employers who...
The eighth edition of The Employment Law Review is an excellent resource for lawyers and organisations alike, highlighting the growing importance of employment law internationally. It is a tool to assist legal practitioners and human resour...
The amount of general damages awarded in sexual harassment cases is rising. Historically, the damages awarded in sexual harassment cases have been fixed at a conservative level and there has been a large disparity between the general damages awarded ...
Following a series of decisions by the Fair Work Commission with respect to the validity of Notices of Employee Representational Rights (NERR) that employers have issued to employees, the Federal Government has attempted to take step...
The Government’s plan to prevent employees from “double dipping” paid parental leave is set out in both the Fairer Paid Parental Leave Bill 2016 and the Social Services Legislation Amendment (Omnibus Savings and Child Care reform) Bill 2...
Background In August 2015, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) ruled that Uber drivers must register for Goods and Services Tax (GST) regardless of turnover. Uber commenced a legal challen...
Many Australians hold the majority of their assets in a super fund. In this article we outline the way the assets of a self-managed super fund can be passed to beneficiaries on your death. Self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs
In November 2016, the High Court of Australia heard a challenge brought by Clive Palmer in respect of the constitutional validity of the power of a liquidator to examine a former director of a company before the court. At the conclusion of that hear...